US Lacrosse has announced the U.S. national men's and women's senior teams rosters for the 2012 Champion Challenge, a US Lacrosse event. Both national teams will face off against top collegiate and international competition at ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., Jan. 27-29.
The 21-member U.S. men’s senior team will play the University of Denver Sunday, Jan. 29. Leading the coaching staff for Champion Challenge will be several members of the U.S. men’s national team that claimed Team USA’s ninth title at the 2010 Federation of International Lacrosse (FIL) World Cup. The staff includes Kevin Cassese, currently the head coach at Lehigh University, Shawn Nadelen, entering his first season as head coach at Towson University, and Brian Dougherty, head coach at Chestnut Hill College. The roster includes players from the 2010 World Cup team and the 2009 training team as well as numerous professional level standouts.
The full U.S. men’s roster:
| No. | Pos. | Name | Current Team | College |
| 6 | G | Scott Rodgers | Hamilton Nationals | Notre Dame ’10 |
| 9 | M | Matt Striebel | Rochester Rattlers | Princeton ’01 |
| 10 | D | Matt Bocklet | Denver Outlaws | Johns Hopkins ’08 |
| 13 | M | Stephen Berger | Charlotte Hounds | Washington ’04 |
| 14 | G | Drew Adams | Long Island Lizards | Penn State ’09 |
| 19 | A | Kevin Leveille | UMassters LC | Massachusetts ’03 |
| 20 | M | Stephen Peyser | Long Island Lizards | Johns Hopkins ’08 |
| 22 | A | Casey Powell | Hamilton Nationals | Syracuse ’98 |
| 24 | M | Chris Eck | Boston Cannons | Colgate ’08 |
| 25 | A | Chazz Woodson | LXM Pro Tour | Brown ’05 |
| 26 | M | Doug Shanahan | Ft. Lauderdale Flamingos | Hofstra ’01 |
| 27 | D | Steven Waldeck | Toronto Nationals | Stony Brook ’10 |
| 29 | D | Lee Zink | Denver Outlaws | Maryland ’04 |
| 33 | D | Michael Evans | Chesapeake Bayhawks | Johns Hopkins ’09 |
| 41 | D | Brian Farrell | Boston Cannons | Maryland ’11 |
| 42 | M | Max Seibald | Denver Outlaws | Cornell ’09 |
| 43 | D | Greg Bice | Ohio Machine | Ohio State ’04 |
| 44 | M | Steven Brooks | Chesapeake Bayhawks | Syracuse ’08 |
| 56 | M | Peet Poillon | Chesapeake Bayhawks | UMBC ’09 |
| 91 | A | Mike Leveille | New York Athletic Club | Syracuse ’08 |
| 99 | A | Dan Glading | Chesapeake Bayhawks | Virginia ’09 |
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